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Jackson, Jacob – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
These technical appendixes accompany the study, "Getting to Graduation on Time at California State University." The study uses a combination of campus-wide and student-level data from the California State University (CSU) system to examine the relationship between course-taking and on-time graduation. The first appendix provides…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Academic Persistence, College Credits, Courses
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Lowe, Gary; Tanner, David – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
Declining college admission test scores during the 1970s raised concerns that America's primary schools were inadequately preparing students for college or the workforce. Rock's (1985) analysis of SAT scores indicated that seniors in 1980 scoring at the 50th percentile for vocabulary would have placed at the 41st percentile in 1972. Mathematics…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Entrance Examinations, Enrollment Rate, Test Score Decline
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Mourad, Roger; Hong, JiHee – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2011
Use of the community college as preparation for transfer to four-year institutions and bachelor degree attainment continues to be a critical means of access to higher learning for students from diverse backgrounds. What variables distinguish community college transfers to four-year institutions who earn a bachelor degree from transfers who do not…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Grade Point Average, Community Colleges, Credits
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Corra, Mamadi; Carter, J. Scott; Carter, Shannon K. – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
Data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction archive are used to assess the joint effect of race and gender on advanced academic (advanced placement and honors) course enrollment within a school district with an open enrollment policy. Using student SAT scores; the authors compare expected levels of advanced course enrollment for…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement, Open Enrollment, White Students
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Shah, Chandra; Burke, Gerald – Higher Education, 1999
A Markov chain is used to model the movement of undergraduates through the higher education system in Australia. Given the student's age on commencing a course of study, the model provides estimates of the probability of course completion, mean time for completion, and mean time spent in the higher education system. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age, College Students, Enrollment Management
Council for Higher Education, Jerusalem (Israel). – 1979
Statistical data on seven Israeli universities for 1977-78 are presented in this annual statistical abstract compiled by the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education. Data on students are tabulated according to academic institution, level of degree, field of study, age, sex, and continent of birth. Enrollments and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, College Students, Definitions